July 02, 2015
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October 25, 2015
Honolulu Museum of Art

Tours

Meet the Artist: Emily McIlroy
Join Emily McIlroy for an hour-long tour through her paintings in the Artists of Hawai‘i 2015 exhibition.
Check in at the Visitor Information Center. Free with museum admission.

Meet the Artist: Elisa Chang
Join Elisa Chang for an hour-long tour through her photographic works in the Artists of Hawai‘i 2015 exhibition.
Check in at the Visitor Information Center. Free with museum admission.

Events

Exhibition Overview

Artists of Hawai‘i marks its 61st installment as a juried exhibition, open to any artist residing in Hawai‘i. A selection team—comprising the museum director, deputy director, and curator of contemporary art—reviewed more than 249 entrants’ portfolios, and selected artists rather than specific works. Eight artists were chosen in September 2014, and over the past several months they have had studio visits from the curator of contemporary art James Jensen to discuss their work in progress.

Representing a sampling of the high level of activity and achievement by artists living and working across the state, this exhibition focuses on a group of artists whose works, although in a range of media and diverse styles, resonate with each other in their use of color, figuration, narrative, and involvement with visions that are distinctly personal and also more broadly cultural, about this place, its people, this time.

This exhibition is part of the Honolulu Museum of Art’s ongoing commitment to support local artists through all of its venues—the main museum, including the ongoing series of solo exhibitions by contemporary Hawai‘i artists in its John Dominis and Patches Damon Holt Gallery of the Arts of Hawai‘i; Spalding House; the Honolulu Museum of Art School; and the Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center.